Ironing-cabinet



F. W. HURST.

\RONING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18. 1920.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

'2 SHEETS SHEEY F. W. HURST.

IRONING CABINET.

APPLlCATlON men FEB; 18, 1920.

1 ,387,72 1 v I Patented Aug. 16, 1 921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE."

FREDERICK W. HURST. OF LOGAN, UTAH.

IRON IN G-CABINET- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 16, 1921- Application filed February 18, 1920. Serial No. 359,488.

An important object of this invention is to provide novel means whereby a folding clothes rack and ironing board may be contained within a wall cabinet to permit of the convenient and expeditious adjustment of the clothes rack and the ironing board for use.

A further object of this invention is to provide a clothes rack'having novel means whereby the clothes supporting arms may be arranged within a sheath when not in use and which may be conveniently arranged horizontally when in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide an apparatus of the character described which is simple. desirable in use and cheap to manufacture.

'Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In'the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure l is a front elevation of the improved cabinet open, parts thereof being broken away andshown in section.

Fig. 2 1s a front elevatlon of the cablnet within which the ironing boards and the clothes racks are arranged.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective of one of' the clothes racks with its arms extended.

Fig. at is a perspective of one of the clothes racks with its arms folded. parts thereof being broken away.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section line TT of Fig. 2.

.Brietly stated. this invention embodies a cabinet which may be built in the wall of a house while the house is under construction. though the cabinet may, of course. be used even though not embedded in the wall; The cabinet herewith illustrated has its door provided with a plurality of clothes racks which when extended )rovide ample means whereby clothes after being ironed may be left todry. The cabinet is so arranged that an" ironing table and a sleeve ironing board taken on the may be readily folded within the cabinet regardless of the position of the clothes racks so that upon the completion of the ironing, the ironing boards may be arranged within the cabinet and the clothes racks allowed to remain extended until the clothes are removed.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration, is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, the numeral 10 designates a vertically arranged cabinet which is preferably built in the wall during the construction of the building so that the front 'side of the cabinet is flush with the wall.

Specifically, the cabinet comprises vertical side wallsll and 12, a rear wall 13, a bottom 14 and a top 15, all of by any suitable means.

As illustrated particularly in Fig. 1, an ironing table supporting frame 16 is vertically hinged at one vertical side 17 to the side 12 of the cabinet through the medium of strap hinges 18. The vertical sides of the frame 16 are joined by upper and lower con-. necting strips or members 20 and 21 respectively and the parts are arranged so that the major portion of the frame will be positioned a sufiicient distance inwardly from the front of the cabinet to permit the clothes racks and the door to be closed. An ironing board 22 1s hinged at one end to. the lower which are connected portion of the frame 16 through the medium of pivot pins 23 and vertical strips 24 secured to the frame. The ironing board may be swung about the pivots 23 froma vertical position to a horizontal position for use, and is supported in horizontal position by a leg 25 which is pivoted at one end to and between the ears 26 on the under side of the board. E

After the ironing apparatus has been arranged within the cabinet, a door 35 hinged to the vertical side ll. through the medium of hinges 36 may be swung to a closed position for completely concealing the ironing apparatus from View. carried by thev door may be provided with a coacting keeper 3Ssecured to the vertical strip 17 of the frame 16 for locking the door.

The clothes supporting means are carried by the door and comprise a plurality of sheaths 40 arranged at the inner side of the door and pivoted at their upperandlower ends to'transverse shoulders or. strips 41 through the medium of pivots 42. Each sheath is U-shaped in cross section and A suitable lock 37 ranged within the sheath and is provided with a plurality of transverse openings ll within which are horizontally pivoted the rear end portions of clothes supporting arms 45. The transverse openings ll are large enoughto permit the arms to be swung up wardly with relation to the standard as the spaced parallel relation and standard is lowered to the position illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein the arms'lo are shown in their folded positions. A pair of spaced parallel strips 46 are secured to the side walls 47 of the sheath on the inner side of the same so as to guide the arms and also the standard in its vertical movement and to prevent the standard from moving out of the sheath.

As illustrated particularly in Figs. 3 and "4, a plurality of upwardly inclined guiding between the side walls.

strips 48 are secured 46 and have their upper ends in contact with the arms 45 so as to support the arms when arranged horizontally. The upper ends of the combined bracing and guiding s rips 48 terminate at the front edges of the sections 46. The combined guiding and bracing member-s48 are as the standard as is moved downwardly the arms are of'course moved on their pivots so'that the arms and the standard will sition illustrated in Fig.

ed, the 'arms -15 are arranged 4. hen foldcompletely within the sheath so that the sheath may' .be swung about a vertical axis into contact with the rear side ofthedoor. hen it is desired to elevate the standard 43,11 handle 49 carried by the lower end of, the standard may be manually raised until the arms asstune horizontal positions.- When the standard has been thus elevated, it is retained in position by the weight of the outer portions of the arms 45. However, a stop element 50 in the form of a pin extends across the intermediate portion of the sheath and .is engaged by the upper side of the handle 49 so thatthe standard-may not be elevated above apredetermined point. y I v In the practice of the invention, the door is opened and the standards within the -several sheaths are separately elevated so that the arms are arranged horizontally whereby the clothes upon being ironed may be hung upon the arms. Any desired number of arms may be positioned horizontally at a time since eachsheath is independent of the others. Since the sheaths may be readily swung about a vertical axis, the arms may be arrangedarranged in assume the po directly in front of use and so on until all of the arms have 7 been filled with clothes.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred embodiment of the same and that such minor changes ,in constructionand arrangement of parts may he niade as will remainwithin the spirit of the invention and the scope of what is claimed.

Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described includmg a support U-shaped in horizontal section and mounted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane, a standard slidably '85 carried by and within the support for movement in a vertical plane, a plurality of spaced arms pivoted to said standard and extending through the open side of the support, and inclined guiding and bracing strips secured in said supportat the openside of the same to engage the under sides ofsaid arms whereby vertical movement of the standard will cause the arms to rock upon said strips to project from the support or -be housed entirely between the sidesof the same. l

2. A device of the class described including a sheath mounted for swinging movement in a horizontal plane having an opening through one vertical side, a panof guiding strips secured to the opposed walls of said sheath, a standard slidably' arranged in said sheath and held within the sheath by said guiding strips, arms pivoted to said standard, and a plu'ality of spaced inclined bracing strips secured to the inner sides of said guiding strips and adapted to engage the under sides of said arms for supporting the arms in ahorizontal position through the opening in the sheath. 5

3. A device of the class described includ ing a vertically pivoted sheath, said sheath being U-shaped in cross section and provided with spaced parallel side walls and a connecting portion, a pair of spaced parallel vertically arranged strips secured to the inner sides ofsaid side walls of the sheath, a standard slidably arranged withf in said sheath and having sliding contact, with theinner vertical edges of said strips, arms horizontally pivoted to said standard and extending between said strips, and

means secured to the inner sides of said strips'for guiding said arms and supportmg the same in a horizontal position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

FREDERICK W. HURST. [1,. s.] 

